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Snowbotron by Elrobo

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made by Elrobo for LD31 (COMPO)
Snowbotron is a simple robotron-like. WASD to move, Arrows to shoot.

Collect all the presents, destroy a bunch of snow mutants who want the presents, screen shake it hard enough to shake the globe and go to the next level.

Tips:
If an enemy has a gift when it is destroyed there is a chance the gift will remain for the next level, meaning you won't need all of the freshly spawned ones.

Fresh powerups won't spawn while you are under the influence of one. If you are overwhelmed, chill and mosh with the crawlers until many powerups have spawned, they can't hurt you if you have no presents.

Note: you may get a warning when downloading the windows version in chrome, it is just the notification for it having an exe inside. I have checked it.
Web http://www.animationbychance.com/LD48_31/snowbotron.html
Windows http://www.animationbychance.com/LD48_31/Snowbotron_LD31_Win.zip
Linux http://www.animationbychance.com/LD48_31/Snowbotron_LD31_Linux.zip
Source http://www.animationbychance.com/LD48_31/Snowbotron_LD31_Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=21627

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall 3.23 523
Audio 2.64 593
Fun 3.00 636
Graphics 3.72 198
Humor 2.58 485
Innovation 2.46 976
Mood 2.76 706
Theme 3.59 571

Feedback

karlipoppins
08. Dec 2014 · 03:06 UTC
Very very cool animations. I love the overall visual style as much as I would hate being chased by a zombie-snowman :)
I was hoping for an ending after a while. Good job :)
Pastry
08. Dec 2014 · 03:10 UTC
Simple game with nice simple 3D graphics. Nothing much new to see here, and the enemies and mechanics are a bit too stale and basic. At least one more enemy type would have made the levels much more dynamic.
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 · 03:17 UTC
Snowman zombies, hahaha loved the animations.
Croze
08. Dec 2014 · 03:19 UTC
I loved the graphics, fun game too. Would be better if you could somehow lose.
Jupitron
08. Dec 2014 · 03:54 UTC
Excellent game! Got me hooked, its one of best so far.
allanolivei
08. Dec 2014 · 16:05 UTC
The look is fantastic and very fun game. The shot could be controlled by the mouse.
Evergreen Games
09. Dec 2014 · 19:05 UTC
great animation. love the trails of slime. not quite sure what the powerups were for. needs health.
SivGoose
09. Dec 2014 · 19:18 UTC
Surprisingly addictive, yet I don't quite understand the goal? it was an enjoyable game and happily played it for 10 minutes but couldn't understand the goal, some times all of them blew up at once and I didn't know why. If you make the game more challenging and add in being able to die, or if there was one making it a bit easier to die you'll have a fantastic game! Loved the audio, you really captured the sound of the snow!
ix
09. Dec 2014 · 19:30 UTC
It's not a very innovative concept, but the high level of polish made it pleasant to play.
masterhyjinx
10. Dec 2014 · 08:31 UTC
I like it, the animations were polished and worked well. Seems like you were bent on Snowman theme! I liked the idea of enemies picking up your presents! Arena could have been bigger and the action a bit more frantic to replicate that Robotron feel.
sirival
10. Dec 2014 · 08:32 UTC
These enemies are really creepy! Can you actually lose in this game? I seem to be invulnerable. I made a similar game too!
gillenew
10. Dec 2014 · 08:35 UTC
very cool game, I love it :D
mrexcessive
10. Dec 2014 · 13:45 UTC
Hi there. Looks really nice, played for a while. Nice graphics, nice movement, great treatment of powerups. Sounds good, only (very small) quibble is maybe vary the sound of Fire/Snowball slightly/randomise pitch a bit or something ?, just became a constant drone after a while. Good job!
JNyknn
11. Dec 2014 · 08:08 UTC
Visual style is wonderful, although the gameplay is pretty basic.
Kuality Games
12. Dec 2014 · 20:55 UTC
Could not stop playing and nice graphics, really love the zombie characters and that everything takes place in a snowglobe. Goodjob, really one of my faved compo games!
BUNN1E5
13. Dec 2014 · 23:59 UTC
I really liked it! Though you need to be able to lose and it would have been much better if i could use the mouse to attack!
Ossi
14. Dec 2014 · 00:04 UTC
Great animations and nice and simple 3D graphics! I really like how the snowmen pop up from the snow. Really good use of particles to make it feel like you're in a snow globe ( I assumed that's what it is. ) The controls worked really well and it was really fun to play, although I didn't see any indicator of how many presents I had collected, which would have helped with letting me know how well I was doing. Great job!
d3garcia
14. Dec 2014 · 22:36 UTC
Very good concept. I thought you could break the gift at the end
wademcgillis
14. Dec 2014 · 22:41 UTC
The crawling snowmen are disturbing
Pulsartronic
14. Dec 2014 · 23:06 UTC
I appreciate the unbeateable aka ChuckNorris snowman killing an amount of zombie snowmen... Love it. Simple but working and addictive!! :D
bogdan.tana
14. Dec 2014 · 23:08 UTC
The crawling zombie snowmen are a blast :D GG
pkenney
14. Dec 2014 · 23:09 UTC
Cool idea, I played til my fingers hurt from shooting. I think with the kiting a mass of them, you could have really taken it to another level with a second kind of enemy that had a different pattern.

Sweet graphics!